January
1/18 Introductions
Epistemology
1/25 (read for class)
James Joyce, Araby
Cervantes In Don Quixote
Calls from Home
Student Presentation:
Peter Unger: A Defense of Skepticism
February
Truth:
2/1 (read for class)
Aristotle, Metaphysics
Student Presentation
Plato The Republic "Allegory of the Cave"
Pollan, Unhappy Meals
Personal Identity
2/8 (read for class)
Franz Kafka, The Metamorphoses
Student Presentation
Freedom and Self Determination
2/15 (read for class)
Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed Ch. 1
Student Presentation
bell hooks, "Who Takes the Rap?"
2/22
11/8 Food and Philosophy
Pollan: Omnivoire's Deliemma
Student Presentation
March
3/1 Food Philosophy Cont.
3/8 Midterm
Philosophy of the Home
3/15
Berry, Mad Farmer Liberation Front
Student Presentation
Spring Break
Religious Philosophy
3/29
Yoga Philosophy
An interdisciplinary study of some big questions and those who attempt(ed) to answer them. We will read several important texts, and encounter other material in various media; we will engage in thorough, lively examination of the texts and other material, through writing and discussion.
GRADES, POLICIES, ETC.
Buddhism
Student Presentation
Mark Twain, Little Bessie
April
4/5 cont. religious philosophy
Pacha Mama
Environmental Philosophy
4/12
Mountain Top Removal
"Sludge"
Student Presentation
4/19
Global Warming
"An Inconvienent Truth"
Student Presentations
Final Presentaions
4/26
May
5/3 Presentations cont. -FIN